Get to know Nightshade better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Nightshade in a sentence
Nightshade meaning
- Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
- Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
- Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Synonyms of Nightshade
Using Nightshade
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. | Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade. | Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
- Useful related words include: woody plant, ligneous plant.
- In the example corpus, nightshade often appears in combinations such as: the nightshade, black nightshade, nightshade vegetables.
Context around Nightshade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nightshade
- In this selection, "nightshade" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, black, meanwhile, teleporter, vegetables, plants and family stand out and add context to how "nightshade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a teleporter nightshade aka eve and called deadly nightshade it was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nightshade" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nightshade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Originally just a teleporter, Nightshade, aka Eve Eden, was reimagined as an extra-dimensional refugee. (15 words)
The biosynthetic pathway of specific steroidal compounds in nightshade plants (such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants) starts with cholesterol. (19 words)
Award-winning chef Rachel Miller sits at the bar top of her new restaurant, Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn. (19 words)
In Hawaii, the native raspberry called 'akala' was used to dye tapa cloth with lavender and pink hues, whereas berries from the dianella lily were used for blue coloration, and berries from the black nightshade were used to produce green coloration. (41 words)
Moretti adds that “the family of nightshade vegetables have anti-nutrients (aka alkaloids), making the ability to absorb nutrients challenging if not prepared correctly”—cooking them helps, she says. (29 words)
Common milkweed, horse nettle, jimsonweed, common pokeweed, cressleaf & common groundsel, pigweed, black nightshade, mountain laurels, and rhododendrons are all considered poisonous plants commonly found in Ohio. (26 words)
Example sentences (13)
Common milkweed, horse nettle, jimsonweed, common pokeweed, cressleaf & common groundsel, pigweed, black nightshade, mountain laurels, and rhododendrons are all considered poisonous plants commonly found in Ohio.
Meanwhile, nightshade vegetables are also high in vitamin C, which can maintain healthy joints and don't make arthritis worse, he says.
Originally just a teleporter, Nightshade, aka Eve Eden, was reimagined as an extra-dimensional refugee.
Yes some nightshade plants are poisonous but eggplant and tomato are also part of the same family and perfectly safe.
Sodi Moore, a regular member of Nightshade Burlesque’s cast, pulled off a sexy, vamped-up Oscar the Grouch at the November show.
The biosynthetic pathway of specific steroidal compounds in nightshade plants (such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants) starts with cholesterol.
All species of nicotiana are in the nightshade family and, like their relatives, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers, they demand a rich, warm soil in the sun.
But most likely, if it was a weed growing in our region, and it’s something commonly called “deadly nightshade,” it was Solanum dulcamara.
Award-winning chef Rachel Miller sits at the bar top of her new restaurant, Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn.
Moretti adds that “the family of nightshade vegetables have anti-nutrients (aka alkaloids), making the ability to absorb nutrients challenging if not prepared correctly”—cooking them helps, she says.
The Nightshade Edition also includes blacked-out 18-inch alloy wheels and the car’s Toyota, Corolla, and SE badging will be blacked-out.
In Hawaii, the native raspberry called 'akala' was used to dye tapa cloth with lavender and pink hues, whereas berries from the dianella lily were used for blue coloration, and berries from the black nightshade were used to produce green coloration.
The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family.
Common combinations with nightshade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: